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Domingo, Sr., et al. Vs. Pedro A. Aquino, et al.

INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED LUIS C. DOMINGO, SR., CONSUELO DOMINGO DE LOPEZ, administratrix-petitioner, vs. PEDRO A. AQUINO, deceased, substituted by SALVACION YUSAY AQUlNO ETC., and the HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28078 | 1971-04-29

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

An original action for certiorari challenging a judgment of the Court of Appeals as null and void for having been allegedly entered in excess of jurisdiction and/or with grave abuse of discretion.

On August 7, 1961, the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan rendered judgment approving the money claim of respondent Pedro A. Aquino against the petitioner estate by ordering the then special administratrix, Asuncion Domingo Sta. Maria, "to pay from the available funds of the estate the sum of P20,000.00 with 12% interest per annum from June 10, 1954 to Pedro A. Aquino."

Both parties appealed from the said...